roving

英 [ˈrəʊvɪŋ]

美 [ˈroʊvɪŋ]

adj.  流动的; 漂泊的; 漫游的; 巡回的
v.  漫游; 漂泊; 流浪; (眼睛)转来转去，环视，打量
rove的现在分词

复数：rovings　现在分词：roving　

BNC.19120 / COCA.16481

习惯用语

adj.

have a roving eye
• 总是找机会寻花问柳；眼神不安分
  to always be looking for the chance to have a new sexual relationship

牛津词典

adj.

• 流动的；漂泊的；漫游的；巡回的
  travelling from one place to another and not staying anywhere permanently
  1. a roving reporter for ABC news
     美国广播公司的流动新闻记者
  2. Patrick's roving lifestyle takes him between London and Los Angeles.
     帕特里克漂泊不定的生活方式使他在伦敦和洛杉矶之间奔波。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （人）流动的，漂泊的,不固定的
  You userovingto describe a person who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place.
  1. ...a roving reporter...
     流动记者
  2. Left to raise themselves on the streets, these children form roving bands of delinquents.
     这些孩子被迫流浪街头，结成了一些流窜的犯罪团伙。
• (男人)好色，眼神不安分
  If you say that a man hasa roving eye, you are criticizing him for continually paying attention to different women.

英英释义

noun

• travelling about without any clear destination
  1. she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
  Synonym:wanderingvagabondage

adj

• migratory
  1. a restless mobile society
  2. the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
  3. believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
  4. wandering tribes
  Synonym:mobilenomadicperegrinewandering

双语例句

• He is a widower with a roving eye and the morals of a stray dog.
  他是一个眼睛滴溜溜乱转，道德水准和一条野狗差不多的鳏夫。
• The key to improve roving quality lies in reducing weight unevenness and improving yarn evenness.
  提高粗纱质量的重点是降低纱的重量不匀率，提高粗纱条干的均匀度。
• Used for rocking cotton, wool and spun silk yarn into sliver and roving with a certain length in order it measure its evenness.
  用于摇取棉、毛、绢等条子和粗纱成一定长度，以测定其均匀度。
• Obstruction or vibration in the movement of roving traverse.
  粗纱导纱器的往复运动.灵活或振动。
• The roving bandits caused trouble to common people.
  流寇滋扰百姓。
• Excessive twist in roving.
  粗纱捻度过大。
• Sliver or roving stretch at any stage.
  在并条或粗纱加工阶段意外伸长。
• Used for testing the evenness of sliver and roving.
  用于检验条子及粗纱的条干均匀度。
• When he was fourteen, he dropped out from school and began his life of roving.
  14岁时，他辍学离校，开始了流浪生活。
• That is sensational news, my little Gypsy roving friend.
  这正是个大新闻，我的流浪朋友。